My brother Michael and his lovely wife Olivia hosted our extended family at their new home for a barbecue on Saturday.  Olivia is an AMAZING decorator and I love walking around looking at all of her neat ideas and the little touches she puts on everything.  We had yummy fajitas and the boys enjoyed some fishing at a local pond, while the women helped me with a project for Jacob's teacher (thank you for cutting out leaves with me, ladies!).  IT was fun.

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BUT when we all get together it can get a little rambunctious.  Earlier in the day we were laughing about how my Dad (with his huge hands) would slap/pat our thighs as a greeting not realizing it was painful.  Then he would squeeze the top of our knee to tickle us – and you can't help but laugh, but it really hurts!  Anyway, I never should have brought it up…

Because as soon as I tried to get a nice picture of me, my mom and my two brothers…this is what happened.  Watch carefully…

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Somewhere in the middle of that relentless torture, we got a good one…

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But it was immediately back to this…

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We have way too much fun together! :)  I don't think other people even know what to do about it…other than keep the camera clicking (thanks Derek!).

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  1. Julie Sivley Avatar

    That SOOOO reminds me of my family. LOVE the pics! Love that Derek just kept snapping! And I totally love your face in the last pic. I have 4 brothers and that’s about how I feel after all their teasing! Families are the BEST!!!

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